Faith

A Christmas market is being held at Holy Angels Church, in Cranford High Street, on Saturday.

Shoppers will be able to pick up gifts, while enjoying refreshments including mulled wine, from 2-5pm.

Musicians from places of worship in Hounslow will be taking part in an exciting and unusual concert on Saturday 21 November. The groups, from St Michael and St Martin's Church, the Laxmi Narayan Hindu Temple in Neville Close and the Sikh Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Alice Way are presenting music as heard in worship in 'Music from the Faiths'. Other contributions will include Anglican and Russian Orthodox Church Choirs, Jewish music, plus the Muslim call to prayer and Quaker silence.

There will be a chance to visit four places of worship in Hounslow on Sunday 21st June by joining the annual Walk of Peace and Friendship organised by Hounslow Friends of Faith. This year the event focuses on Hounslow West, a compact area with a rich variety of places of worship.

On Thursday 4th June there will be a chance to hear from the Hindu community in Hounslow about the basic philosophy and every day practices of Hinduism today. Hindus believe that God exists in everything in the universe and there is a responsibility to care for the earth in everything we do. Hinduism is the oldest of the world major religions and the third largest.

Martin Luther King stated that the choice for mankind is not between violence and non-violence, but between non-violence and continued existence. An audience in Hounslow on 7th May were reminded of this at the Younghusband Lecture, given at the annual meeting of the World Congress of Faiths (WCF) held this year in the Sikh Gurdwara in Alice Way.

The Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. Richard Chartres met priests, ministers and spiritual heads from Chiswick to Feltham on Monday 30th March and advised them to 'be convinced, be humble, be joyful and look cheerful in your faith'.

A train enthusiast and keen organist this week became the new rector of the Parish of Cranford.

Father Michael Gill held his first mass at Holy Angels in Cranford High Street yesterday, before making the short hop to historic St Dunstan's for his induction.

Carol singers from Cranford have raised nearly £600 for two children's charities.

Members of the congregation of the Parish of Cranford braved the cold over Christmas to perform classic tunes outside the Bulls Bridge Tesco in Southall.

There will be no Cranford Park Summer Fair this year, organisers have announced.

The popular event was set up 12 years ago and attracted about 500 revellers to the park every July for entertainment including live performances, stalls and a classic car show.

Sikhs have been living in the borough for over 35 years and the gleaming towers of the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha are now a well-known part of the skyline of Hounslow.

On Thursday 5th February there is a chance to hear about the history, principles and every day practices of Sikhism at the Gurdwara in Alice Way, Hounslow TW3 3UA.